It’s two nights in a row this week, as yet another episode of Israel’s The Next Star will air this evening in the search for the country’s next Eurovision representative.

Ten acts are currently still in the Israeli national selection for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, The Next Star, with the competition set to continue this evening with yet another episode of the contest.

How to watch?

The Next Star 2018 is going to air this evening at 20:00 CET (21:00 local time) on the following channels:

The show

Tonight sees a selection of the 10 current participants competing once again to continue their journey in The Next Star, hoping to gain the eventual right of representing Israel at Eurovision 2018.

The current Israeli line-up consists of the following artists:

  • Adva Omer
  • Chen Aharoni
  • Eden Meiri
  • Howie Danao
  • Jonathan Margi
  • José Steinberg
  • Netta Barzilai
  • Ravit Batashvili
  • Shay & Gilad
  • Riki Ben Ari

Performing once again in front of the 4-member jury panel and the audience, each participant will be fighting for the highest percentage of the votes in order to advance.

Both the jury and audience will determine the final outcome of each participant, with judgement purely being decided by the 2 separate voting groups.

How many artists will continue their journey in The Next Star after tonight’s show? We’ll have to wait and find out this evening…


Jessica was born and raised in the United Kingdom. Eurovision has been a huge part of her life for a number of years, getting to see the contest live for the first time in 2015. Jessica joined the ESCToday team in November 2013.